GF-9797 speaker repaint

[Scotty_M]

Got around to doing this today. Before and after.

Scotty

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Scotty, That box looks Fantastic!

 

[AE_Stereo]

Now please reveal the secret. Which paint and how it was painted?

 

[kraftmatic]

Love this box. So many buttons...

 

[baddboybill]

Sweet


Bad Boy Bill

 

[alfie]

Hey Scotty, they look great!!!

I've been thinking about spraying some speakers for a while now but cant work out which paint to use, what did you go with?

 

[bklyn sound]

looks great....

 

[The Box of Boom]

This box looks like it was designed / made at the same time as the 8989 ? Anyone got a catalogue ?

 

[Scotty_M]

Hey Scotty, they look great!!!

I've been thinking about spraying some speakers for a while now but cant work out which paint to use, what did you go with?

Used this Alfie...maybe $10 or so.

Scotty

 

[Scotty_M]

This box looks like it was designed / made at the same time as the 8989 ? Anyone got a catalogue ?

I believe they both came out in '81...however the 9797 retailed around double the price of the 8989. Must have been expensive to mass producer digital tuners back then.
Photos courtesy of a UK member i believe who got the promo catalogue with a near immaculate example of the 9797.

Scotty

 

[BoomboxLover48]

This box looks like it was designed / made at the same time as the 8989 ? Anyone got a catalogue ?

I believe they both came out in '81...however the 9797 retailed around double the price of the 8989. Must have been expensive to mass producer digital tuners back then.
Photos courtesy of a UK member i believe who got the promo catalogue with a near immaculate example of the 9797.

Scotty

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Beautiful Boombox. All I can ask for is a double VU Meter. I wonder why Sharp went cheap there.

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Hey Scotty, they look great!!!

I've been thinking about spraying some speakers for a while now but cant work out which paint to use, what did you go with?

Used this Alfie...maybe $10 or so.

Scotty

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Excellent information Scotty! I hope the paint job didn't make the paper soft. I am always afraid of using a paint over the cone paper. My OCD don't allow me to do so.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Nice work!!
Oh how I wish I had that catalog and a owners manual!!

I have this unit!! The GF-9797E I also have the US version regular
GF-9797.The US version has line-in!! But I believe the 'E' is louder!!

 

[Ken]

Hey Scotty, they look great!!!

I've been thinking about spraying some speakers for a while now but cant work out which paint to use, what did you go with?

Used this Alfie...maybe $10 or so.

Scotty

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Excellent information Scotty! I hope the paint job didn't make the paper soft. I am always afraid of using a paint over the cone paper. My OCD don't allow me to do so.

Did we ever issue a memo about what paint, even plastic paint, does to paper cones and their sound?

If so, I missed it. I thought we had this discussion before, although someone always mentions it when this comes up.

('cause if it works ok & my ears are just shot then I'm off to the store for paint to do mine!)

 

[mrp32]

This box looks like it was designed / made at the same time as the 8989 ? Anyone got a catalogue ?

I believe they both came out in '81...however the 9797 retailed around double the price of the 8989. Must have been expensive to mass producer digital tuners back then.
Photos courtesy of a UK member i believe who got the promo catalogue with a near immaculate example of the 9797.

Scotty

Yeah, that was my 9797, nearly 2 years on and I still can't get over the BIN £15, it was/is like new

Your white speaker version looks great, even more so with the repainted woofers

 

[riker1068]

Thanks for paint tip. I may do red.

 

[goodman]

Looks like new, congrats!!!